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Yawk Yawk Fresh Water Mermaid Spirit at Barrhidjowkeng by 
																	Owen Yalandja

Owen Yalandja

( Australian, 1960 )

Yawk Yawk Fresh Water Mermaid Spirit at Barrhidjowkeng

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Materials:

Natural ochres on bombax ceiba

Measurements:

104.72 in. (266.00 cm.) (height)

Exhibited:

. Metamorphosis, Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Photography and Sculpture , La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice, 14 June - 13 July 1997, curated by Gabrielle Pizzi. . Aborigena: Arte australiana contemporanea , Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 29 June-26 August 2001. . Desert Art, Gabrielle Pizzi Collection , Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23 February - 23 June 2002.

Literature:

Gabrielle Pizzi,. Metamorphosis, Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Photography and Sculpture , La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice, 1997, pp.68-69. Bonito Oliva, Achille, [Charles Green, Gabrielle Pizzi],. Aborigena - Arte Australiana Contemporanea , Electa, Milan, 2001, p.92, pl.93. Achille Bonito Olivia,. Desert Art , Electa, Milan, 2002, p.92, pl.93.

Provenance:

Executed in the Maningrida region in Arnhem Land in 1993. Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Melbourne.

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